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Friday, 26 October 2012

It seems that almost everything is better when space is involved. For instance, Top Gun
was a great movie. Set it in space, give the airplane a cool redesign,
and turn the pilot into Harrison Ford, and all of a sudden you have Star Wars.
As we all know, Google+ Hangouts are among the coolest features in
Google+. The ability to instantly video chat with up to 10 people at
once with little more than a browser plugin is awesome. So what about
Google+ Hangouts in space?
Well, for a few people in Japan, public
Google+ Hangouts in space became a reality. JAXA and Japanese astronaut
Akihiko Hoshide started a public Google+ Hangout this last Thursday.
The kicker? Akihiko “Aki” Hoshide is currently kicking it out at the
International Space Station. So when people joined up to take part in
the Hangout, they were talking to a man currently in space. That makes
it the first ever public Hangout to be conducted from outside the
Earth’s atmosphere.
There have been a few Hangouts conducted in
space, but they were private conversations that were publicly
broadcasted. In this hangout, random people could join in and talk to
the cosmonaut live. It may not sound like that big of an achievement to
some. After all, Google+ Hangouts in space has happened before. But even
a year ago no one thought that astronauts would hold public video chats
while they were actually in space. After all, astronauts have a lot of
important, spacey things to do.
According to Team Asia PR
Associate, Jean Concha, the Google+ Hangout really was just people
hanging out and asking questions. One memorable encounter mentioned was a
12 year old boy from Shiga prefecture that asked what Aki Hoshide would
do if he were sent on a mission to make contact with extraterrestrial
life. The conclusion of his response was, “I’d be careful not to offend
them!” That’s a class act right there. Do keep in mind that this is also
the first guy in history to record a voice cameo in space as he
recorded himself for an episode of a popular Japanese anime called Space Brothers.

Aki Hoshide offers a toast to his fellow Google+ Hangout peeps

Will JAXA be doing more public Google+ Hangouts?

That’s
a question for JAXA. There is no official word on whether or not this
was a one time deal or this is something JAXA plans on doing again.
However, it does set a fantastic precedent for other astronauts and
space programs to help get the public more involved with space in
general. It’s no longer just a pop culture thing. So congratulations to JAXA and Astronaut Hoshide for challenging the norms and finding ways to do fun things in space.
Google+ Hangouts is the just the latest in Google Technology to make it that high up.
It very likely won’t be long until there’s a Google rocket launching
people to Google’s space station or to Google’s colony on Mars. By then
all space suits will include Google’s smartwatch, Google Glasses, and Google Smart Gloves. Who wouldn’t want to go on that trip? If you’d like to check out the full Google+ Hangout, just watch the video below: